SIR Cliff Richard could learn within days the result of a review into the decision not to charge him with alleged sex crimes.

Sir Cliff Richard feared having to wait six weeks to hear if his appeal was successful

The 75-year-old singer feared having to wait six weeks before hearing if the appeal was successful. But Director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders said lawyers aimed to complete all reviews in 28 days.

One of Sir Cliff’s accusers triggered the review process in early August. Mrs Saunders was asked on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme yesterday if Sir Cliff was set to be “hung out to dry” for months waiting for the threat of prosecution to be lifted.

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One of Sir Cliff’s accusers triggered the review process in early August

She replied: “Absolutely not. We are very conscious of the need to have finality for everybody involved.”

Police launched an inquiry into Sir Cliff in August 2014 when he was in Portugal and he learned of the raid from a TV news report.

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Police launched an inquiry in to Sir Cliff in 2014 when he was in Portugal

Officers swooped on his £3.5million flat near Sunningdale, Berks, in an operation broadcast live on the BBC.

It came after a man accused the singer of molesting him in 1985. Other men then made similar claims but a 22-month inquiry by South Yorkshire Police cleared him of all the allegations which he had always strenuously denied.

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Sir Cliff is suing the police and the BBC

The investigation pushed him to the brink of despair and Sir Cliff later recalled: “I lay on the floor weeping, thinking, ‘How am I going to climb out of this hole? Why would anyone hate me so much they’d do this?”

He is now suing the police and the BBC.

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